The RIAA, the truth and Marie Lindor
p2pnet news | RIAA News:- “These people will say ANYTHING.
“Now let’s hope that the Lindor court finds out about what they’ve been saying in Michigan, and the Michigan authorities find out what they’ve been saying in Brooklyn.”
That’s Ray Beckerman on Recording Industrry vs The People.
He’s representing Marie Lindor, the New York health aide Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG’s RIAA says is a massive online infringer of copyrighted music, knowing full well she’s nothing of the kind.
In the middle of it all is MediaSentry, a so-called RIAA investigator with few, if any, PI credentials.
“You may recall that several days ago we posted some correspondence between MediaSentry’s lawyer and Michigan’s Department of Labor and Economic Growth, in connection with administrative proceedings in Michigan over MediaSentry’s being engaged in investigation without a license,” says Beckerman, going on >>>
MediaSentry’s lawyer replied that
SafeNet’s activities fall squarely within the 1989 Opinion of the Michigan Attorney General, Frank J. Kelly, which excepts persons who are providing testimony in a lawsuit based on factual information gathered by application of technical knowledge. See 1989-1990 Mich. Op. Atty. Gen. . 263 1989 WL 445979 (Mich.A.G.) (the “Opinion”).
The Opinion expressly cites the example of a chemical engineer who took photographs of, and samples from, the scene of a fire and from them prepared exhibits for use in Court. See id. The Opinion also included physicians, geologists and surveyors in the category of those who ought to enjoy the exception. SafeNet utilizes technical expertise in gathering factual evidence for use in just the same way as those other professionals, and thus enjoys the same exception. (Italics supplied)
Just for the heck of it we dug up some of their statements, and the RIAA’s statements, from UMG v. Lindor, directly contradicting those representations, and representing to the Lindor court the exact opposite: saying that MediaSentry didn’t rely on its technical expertise at all, but was just doing what any other Kazaa user does:
Excerpts from 3 documents in UMG v. Lindor denying that MediaSentry relied on its technical expertise.
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.Stumble It!
Recording Industrry vs The People – MediaSentry’s statements in Michigan administrative case contradicted by prior statements in UMG v. Lindor, Julyu 9, 2008
MediaSentry – MediaSentry: have you checked your state?, March 25, 2008
massive online infringer – Eve Burton, RIAA ’supervising attorney’,
PI credentials – RIAA MediaSentry violates C&D order, April 10, 2008
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July 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am
“These RIAA pigs lie in Michigan they lie in Brooklyn they lie in Paris they lie in Stocolm . . . . . .”
They don’t belong to any country they don’t represent anyone they are not part the human specy anyway so let bring the pest killer to ride the world of the parasites they are.
July 9th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
At least pigs are intelligent and sincere animals, though we eat them. These others are flim flam men who get off scot free.
Flim-flam
1. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
2. Deceptive, insincere or nonsense talk
Suits them I feel, and always has; although it doesn’t cover the depth of their corruption, along with their lawyers [liars]